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Sustainable Infrastructures

CITRIS 2019 Seed Funding Awards Announced

CITRIS 2019 Seed Funding Awards Announced
Posted on April 9, 2019

Competitive teams from the campuses of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Merced, Davis, and Davis Health submitted proposals for collaborative […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, CITRIS Seed Funding, EDGE in Tech, Sustainable Infrastructures

UAV experts present the latest in drone tech

UAV experts present the latest in drone tech
Posted on December 11, 2018

by Saemmool Lee Drone researchers and entrepreneurs presented emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies, services, and policies at the Drones: Technology, Policy, and Society conference […]

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures

Indonesia tsunami’s power surprises scientists

Indonesia tsunami’s power surprises scientists
Posted on October 15, 2018

“It’s heartbreaking when you know the technology is there,” says CITRIS Policy Lab affiliate scholar Louise Comfort, who has been working to bring new tsunami sensors […]

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate, Policy

Merced prof’s novel mercury-mapping tech

Merced prof’s novel mercury-mapping tech
Posted on October 15, 2018

CITRIS UC Merced faculty advisor Erin Hestir uses the latest in environmental sensing technology to analyze the amount of mercury and methylmercury in the San Francisco Bay […]

Posted in Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

UC Davis launches Drone Academy for high-schoolers

UC Davis launches Drone Academy for high-schoolers
Posted on September 11, 2018

This year, UC Davis launched a week-long inaugural Summer Drone Academy program for high-schoolers from groups underrepresented in STEM fields, with help from CITRIS and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

Corps interns advancing sustainable energy solutions

Corps interns advancing sustainable energy solutions
Posted on August 7, 2018

Berkeley chemistry major Priscilla Zhang is one of 13 undergraduates conducting hands-on research this summer as part of the Cal Energy Corps, an internship program now housed in CITRIS.

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures

SimCenter Releases Four New Educational and Research Tools

SimCenter Releases Four New Educational and Research Tools
Posted on July 18, 2018

The NHERI SimCenter has just released three research tools and its third educational tool that support natural hazards engineering.

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures

Siemens acquires Oakland startup Comfy

Siemens acquires Oakland startup Comfy
Posted on July 12, 2018

German conglomerate Siemens has acquired Comfy, which designs IoT-enabled technology for office workers to control temperature and lighting. The company got its start at CITRIS […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Foundry, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Climate

White House summit: CITRIS a voice for ‘trustworthy’ AI

White House summit: CITRIS a voice for ‘trustworthy’ AI
Posted on June 4, 2018

On May 10, the White House convened 100 national leaders in industry, tech, government, and academia for a summit on the potential of artificial intelligence […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures

CITRIS showcases student Tech for Social Good

CITRIS showcases student Tech for Social Good
Posted on June 4, 2018

At a showcase in April at the Banatao Auditorium, undergraduate and graduate students presented their work developing novel tech ideas, addressing issues from gait impairment in the elderly and robots for disaster relief to connecting refugees to social services.

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

Irrigation robots could help grow wine grapes in California

Irrigation robots could help grow wine grapes in California
Posted on June 4, 2018

Faced with shortages of water and workers, winemakers are working with CITRIS researchers at UC Merced and UC Berkeley on a robot-assisted precision irrigation delivery system that uses machines to monitor and adjust water emitters

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Merced
Research Interests Climate, Robotics

Drones for Sustainability

Drones for Sustainability
Posted on June 4, 2018

In its first annual student video competition, UCTV’s CITRIS-seeded “Sustainable California” channel awarded first place to a trilingual Berkeley graduate student team production about using UAVs for mapping and ecological monitoring.

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

How to interact with robots without embarrassing yourself

How to interact with robots without embarrassing yourself
Posted on May 11, 2018

“All these robots suffer from the same challenge: they need to anticipate,” says CITRIS researcher Anca Dragan. Doctoral students working with CITRIS Sustainable Infrastructures director […]

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Robotics

Deep Energy Efficiency helps power Carbon Neutrality Initiative

Deep Energy Efficiency helps power Carbon Neutrality Initiative
Posted on April 2, 2018

Decades in the making, a carbon-free future for the University of California is finally in sight.

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

2018 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards announced

2018 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards announced
Posted on March 26, 2018

We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2018. This year, 50 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at UC […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Seed Funding, Sustainable Infrastructures

How the Paris climate accord is becoming reality at UC

How the Paris climate accord is becoming reality at UC
Posted on March 6, 2018

The University of California launched its Carbon Neutrality Initiative in 2013, aiming to reach that target by 2025. But the big question has been how. Now, a […]

Posted in In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

Cal Energy Corps Call for Applications by March 30

Cal Energy Corps Call for Applications by March 30
Posted on March 1, 2018

Applications are now open for this year’s Cal Energy Corps program! The Cal Energy Corps, sponsored this year by the Center for Information Technology Research […]

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

SVLink: UC Santa Cruz tech incubator offers convenient access to Silicon Valley

SVLink: UC Santa Cruz tech incubator offers convenient access to Silicon Valley
Posted on February 20, 2018

 UC Santa Cruz has launched a new tech incubator, SVLink, based at the Silicon Valley campus in Santa Clara. Review of applications for up to […]

Posted in Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Santa Cruz

CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum presents tech research and industry experts

CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum presents tech research and industry experts
Posted on February 6, 2018

CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum: Visionary entrepreneur Thomas M. Siebel of C3 IoT and robotics pioneer Ken Goldberg of UC Berkeley are among the speakers lined […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

Clarity Air Monitoring is reducing air pollution with smart design

Clarity Air Monitoring is reducing air pollution with smart design
Posted on February 5, 2018

Air pollution is one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide, responsible for millions of premature deaths each year. Emissions from vehicles, power plants, wildfires, […]

Posted in CITRIS Foundry, News, Sustainable Infrastructures

CITRIS test beds to be utilized in new CEC partnership

CITRIS test beds to be utilized in new CEC partnership
Posted on February 5, 2018

The test beds at CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute in Sutardja Dai Hall, CIEE (California […]

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

Announcing the Spring 2018 CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series

Announcing the Spring 2018 CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series
Posted on January 29, 2018

We are excited to announce the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series lineup for Spring 2018! Jan 31, 2018 – Bots and Tots featuring Hal Varian, […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, Events, Sustainable Infrastructures

Sustainable California presents: Sea Stars

Sustainable California presents: Sea Stars
Posted on December 12, 2017

CITRIS-seeded UC-TV’s “Sustainable California” channel features documentaries on environmental topics such as this update on the sea star wasting disease first identified in 2013 from […]

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

3D Orchards: UC Researcher Turns Farms Into Virtual Reality

3D Orchards: UC Researcher Turns Farms Into Virtual Reality
Posted on October 18, 2017

3D Orchards: Virtual reality meets agriculture in the article below featuring CITRIS Researcher Dr. YangQuan Chen and the UC Merced MESA lab. Farmers are relying more and more […]

Posted in In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Merced
Research Interests Climate, Robotics

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